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After dramatic comeback over Lady Terrors, Port emerges as league champions
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com PORT ALLEGANY, PA – In the second meeting with the Lady Terrors, things were going much differently for Port Allegany. Sweeping Otto-Eldred just two weeks

DEC fines Great Lakes Cheese $475,000 over damaging Ischua Creek discharge
By RICK MILLER Olean Star FRANKLINVILLE — Great Lakes Cheese Co. has been hit with a $475,000 fine by the state Department of Environmental Conservation for discharges into Ischua Creek

Pollock: Bills endure self-inflicted loss to improving Patriots; team signs new linebacker
By CHUCK POLLOCK, Sun Senior Sports Columnist And then there were none. Going into Sunday’s games, the NFL’s two remaining unbeatens seemed safe for 5-0 starts. Both were solid favorites

Allegany-Limestone volleyball bounces back after slow start, defeats Salamanca 3-1
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com SALAMANCA — As the Allegany-Limestone girls volleyball team heads into the second half of its season, coach Tara Bottone knows there is little room for error.

Late-game struggles condemn Bona men’s hoops vs. St. Joe’s yet again
By SPENCER BATES batesoleanstar@gmail.com ST. BONAVENTURE — The first time the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team faced off against Saint Joseph’s this season, the first inklings of a trend were
WEDNESDAY ROUNDUP: Gators earn first playoff win in over three years; Salamanca takes to the Sectional Championship
PORT ALLEGANY, PA – Seeing the Falcons for the third time this season, the Port Allegany boy’s basketball team moved one step closer to a District 9 Class 2A championship

Terrors battle inconsistency, inexperience as they bow out of D9 playoffs
By HUNTER O. LYLE lyleoleanstar@gmail.com EMPORIUM, PA – When it comes to high-pressure, do-or-die situations, experience matters. Battle-tested, seasoned experience can be the difference between sinking and swimming, fighting or

Sherburne expected to submit proposed 2026-27 budget on Thursday, four days after it was due
By RICK MILLER Olean Star Each Feb. 15, the Olean mayor presents a proposed 2026-27 budget for the coming year to the Common Council which must approve it by April










